IIRC, Byrne left Superman right in the middle of writing this story and the resolution was written by someone without access to Byrne's notes. I always wondered if there were some "trap doors" in the plot that didn't come off because of that.

This is kind of a non-story but in case anyone thought that there might be some truth to the stories that the little-known Adam Harris was a front-runner for Lex or that Lana Lang was to be played by Lindsay Lohan - you can discount them. Turns out that Mr Harris was behind the hoax(es).